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BBC News - Asia-Pacific
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The latest stories from the Asia-Pacific section of the BBC News web site.
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Gillard to stay as Australian PM
Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs.
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China backs Burma's election plan
China urges international support for the Burmese general election planned for later this year, as Burma's leader begins a five-day visit to China.
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Suicides cost Japan economy $32bn
Suicides and depression cost Japan's economy $32bn last year, in a country which has one of the world's highest suicide rates, the government says.
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N Korea accepts flood aid offer
North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say.
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Christchurch hit by aftershocks
Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage.
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N Korea releases South Korea crew
North Korea frees the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula a month ago.
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Key Asian interest rates on hold
The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.
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Chinese pilots lied about records
China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience.
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Jail for Malaysian snake smuggler
Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the Lizard King, is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage.
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South Korea FM offers to resign
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
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Malaysia Islamic holiday ad 'too like Christmas'
A television advert for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr is scrapped in Malaysia after viewers said it resembled Christmas.
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School in gay kookaburra song row
An Australian head teacher is under fire after removing the word gay from the famous song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
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US and China manufacturing grows
Positive data eases concerns over the strength of the global economic recovery.
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US drops China currency inquiry
The US drops a probe of China's currency policy, averting a trade row.
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Yen worries hit Japanese stocks
Japan stocks fall after BOJ's attempts to curb the rising yen.
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